Wisconsin rigs

[TrailDawg362]

Originally Posted by Super

Did you get it painted yet????

It's ORANGE!

[Super]

Originally Posted by Brian.

On the bench. Fried the motor within the first 20 minutes... SO, idk. Dunno if I wanna keep it. I kind of want to trade it for an SCX 10.

Ready to run 2 min. 2 years you never know.

[Super]

The juice is loose.

[Brian.]

Originally Posted by Super

Ready to run 2 min. 2 years you never know.

for $400, this thing's a piece of shit. For $400 you can get a hell of an RTR anything else. Axial really screwed the pooch on this truck. weak links, weak steering, weak motor, etc etc.

[Super]

I've never bought a ready to run and never will. Like you said weak junk, by the time you upgrade the junk your freaking broke.

[79SCX10]

Finally got the crawler out again!

[Brian.]

Originally Posted by Super

I've never bought a ready to run and never will. Like you said weak junk, by the time you upgrade the junk your freaking broke.

I would have gotten the kit, but NO where had them. Amain, hobbytowns, tower,etc etc. Live an learn I guess.

[460bronco]

I agree about the wraith being kind of weak. But its a really cool platform.

I have not had any money to spend on my kit I assembled, but I've been running it with an old traxxas motor 21 t. And tmaxx shocks that are over 10 years old. only thing I've bought so far is strc steering links and castle bec . I'll be making my own steering links soon as well as upper suspension links. I put my slash 4x4 slipper in as well. Not exactly correct but it works until I get more of the right stuff. I will be modding the stock driveshafts this week as well just to be sure.

Don't give up on it. Just don't throw a ton of power at it either.
I believe if traxxas would have made this, it may well have been cheesy looking, but if they made the exact same truck, you could have beat the crap out of it right out of the box. I'm not just a basher, I was a racer, had associated and losi and other car and trucks but the one thing you can say is that traxxas builds stuff to be beat on.

[bigred22]

Originally Posted by Brian.

I would have gotten the kit, but NO where had them. Amain, hobbytowns, tower,etc etc. Live an learn I guess.

I bought mine rtr and never had a problem with it still have the stock motor and put in my hammers runs fine but have heard of the motors being hit or miss but outta the box it crawls pretty decent my scx10 jeep rtr I had crawled like crap out ta the box and had to modify the hell out of it just to do what I wanted so I sold it and kept my wraith.

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[TrailDawg362]

I've been in the hobby 20+ years, and owned alot of kits and RTR's. RTR's are reasonably cheap upfront to get you going. That's fine, it gets new customers interested and keeps the hobby growing. But "Ready to Run" doesn't mean "ready to perform like an $800+ rc vehichle" either. I'm not saying crappy stuff is ok, just that you're getting an entry level rc. Shit WILL fail, break, burn up, whatever....it does when you spend the big bucks too.

Most RC companies will make things right if you give them a chance.

[corporatelemon]

I dont have 20+ years but I have 10 or so and dawg said rtr peaks interest and keeps things growing and it takes time patience to get a truck perform its well worth the time and money youll dump into it

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[Boneshaker]

Brian I just bought a RTR wraith a few months ago and ive upgraded the links. shafts. spur pinion. tie rods. drag link. servo. esc and motor. all brand new stuff and now im back to running my STOCK motor due to my team brood taking a crap on me. today I got the magic white smoke (still runs but idk for how much longer) $1300+ into this and theres days I want to run it over with my semi and then theres days im beating the crap out of it and having a blast...

[460bronco]

Originally Posted by Boneshaker

Brian I just bought a RTR wraith a few months ago and ive upgraded the links. shafts. spur pinion. tie rods. drag link. servo. esc and motor. all brand new stuff and now im back to running my STOCK motor due to my team brood taking a crap on me. today I got the magic white smoke (still runs but idk for how much longer) $1300+ into this and theres days I want to run it over with my semi and then theres days im beating the crap out of it and having a blast...

Now that's a prime example of what happens in this hobby! It can be very fun but things happen, you just have to be patient and hope that all the fun doesn't cost too much.

[Super]

I always do a lot of research on my vehicles to find out what everyone is breaking and upgrading beforehand so there are no big surprises.

[corporatelemon]

Same

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[Brian.]

I do aswell, and I expected stuff to break. Links especially (haven't broken one yet). But to have this thing feel ungodly CHINCY out of the box, is a bit ridiculous. a $400 anything else would have metal links. steering included. this thing is all around sloppy... Maybe I got a lemon. I'm all around displeased. I've been in RC's for 12 years. NONE of my RC's have felt this weak. My schumacher buggies, etc etc weren't this weak.

This things alright for a backyard hill basher. but past that, it's not worth it. I'm all for spending money on RC's, especially for upgrades. But to fix what should have been done from the factory, is a bit much. Guess it's just safe to say for a crawler, I'll have to piece my shiz together instead of get a kit.

We'll see!

[fourspeed45]

My rigs

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[Brian.]

lovin the scalers!

[fourspeed45]

Looks better withe the pitbull 1.9 on it

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[1santaever]

i bought a dingo kit and all i have done to it was change the shocks to tmaxx shocks to fit bigger tires a small lift 4 link it so all free mods i have a ton of tmaxx parts so i made my links out of turn buckles lol and spent 3 dollars on screws to do the 4 link im on my second motor blew up my tekin and bought a stock 27 axial motor for a backup for 8 bucks and a servo gear set for my traxxas servo